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Between Cross And Crescent

Taki Theodoracopulos Britain's Greek Empire Michael Pratt (Rex Collins £9.50) What a pity that Lord Michael Pratt's fits! book is a serious work, well written an!, scrupulously......

Observant Eye

Richard Shone The Diary of W.M. Rossetti 1870-1873 Edited by Odette Bomand (Oxford £12.50) 'Poor Lucy Brown has been very ill of late — havin g abscesses in or by the ear .......